curiosity
inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
Other meanings
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
“He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.”
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
Synonyms
- wonder
Related words
- uncuriosity
- public curiosity
- bi-curiosity
- curiosity killed the cat
- curio
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "cūriōsitātem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “curiosity” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.